Enterprise software firm JumpCloud says a sophisticated nation-state threat actor is behind a security incident that targeted a small and specific set of customers last week. JumpCloud reset all of its API keys, potentially affecting thousands of customers including Cars.com and GoFundMe.
API security platforms have become an essential part of any organization's cybersecurity strategy, but with so many options available, it can be difficult to know how to choose the right one. In this article, we'll discuss how to evaluate API security platforms and what factors to consider.
Application security testing, or AST, and API security testing are important components of a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. We'll discuss the application and API security best practices for each type of testing, the use cases, and how they protect your business from cyberattacks.
The first step in managing risk is recognizing it as a boardroom matter, and it demands that directors be prepared to understand and discuss the cyber issue and strategically guide C-level executives on this complex topic. It requires cyber competence in the boardroom, said CISO Marco Túlio Moraes.
Hackers hit the e-commerce industry with 14 billion attacks in 15 months, pushing it to the top of the list of targets for web application and API exploits. A new Akamai report blames digitalization and the wide range of vulnerabilities hackers can exploit in web applications.
Manual API discovery is impossible due to the sheer number of APIs available, their constant changes, poor documentation, different formats and protocols, and different authentication and security requirements. Given these challenges, the solution is to use automated API discovery tools.
Former members of the defunct Conti ransomware group are continuing to ply their trade under a variety of other guises, including Royal and Black Basta. Thanks to their agile and innovative approaches, post-Conti operations are "stronger than ever," one ransomware expert reports.
Change management is a critical part of a robust API management program, said Shaam Farooq, vice president of technology at Atlas Energy Solutions and a CyberEdBoard member. Team members must review and approve changes as they happen and communicates those changes across IT and OT security teams.
Attackers adapted their email-based techniques throughout 2022, cycling through tactics in the hopes of evading human and cybersecurity measures. The 2023 OpenText Cybersecurity Threat Report confirms that building a multilayered approach to defense is core to cybersecurity and cyber resilience.
A new OAuth-related vulnerability in an open-source application development framework could expose Facebook, Google, Apple and Twitter users to account takeover, personal data leakage, identity theft, financial fraud and unauthorized actions on other online platforms, security researchers said.
Breach notifications from British outsourcing giant Capita mount amid signs the multibillion-pound company doesn't have a firm grip on how much data it exposed. For a company that trumpets its ability to "achieve better outcomes," Capita's inability to grasp the impact of its breaches is ironic.
Akamai will shrink its workforce by 3% as its shifts resources from its shrinking content delivery business to growth areas in cloud computing and security. The company will shrink its 9,960-person staff by 299 positions as it looks to sustain its profitability levels despite economic headwinds.
The adoption of APIs in terms of daily transactions in the post-COVID-19 digital world has skyrocketed, but that proliferation of APIs has created exposures and risks that need to be addressed proactively before an organization faces a devastating data breach, warned Pam Murphy, CEO at Imperva.
APIs are delivering huge business value, but people don’t know how many APIs they have in their organization, what they do or who controls them. And that causes massive security vulnerabilities, according to CyberEdBoard panelists Chase Cunningham and Richard Bird.
Organizations looking to adopt zero trust architectures are increasing pursuing service mesh rather than microsegmentation due to new innovations, said Ballistic Ventures General Partner Barmak Meftah. Microsegmentation excels at limiting the attack surface but comes with major overhead expense.
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